STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1219-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2796

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2796, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE POLICY ADVISORY BOARD FOR ELDER AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to change the composition of the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs by:

(1) Decreasing the total number of members on the board; and

(2) Changing the number of ex officio members, specifying that they are nonvoting members, and providing them with the option to delegate their responsibilities to another member of their agency.

The Executive Office on Aging, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii supported this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2796, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair